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FEATURES, P. 6 OP/ED, P. 8 SPORTS, P. 12
The Argus comments
on security and
communication on campus
Learn how to manage
final exam stress
“New Moon” movie
review
IWU women’s
basketball team
undefeated
NEWS, P. 3
Volume 116 | Issue 11
December 4, 2009
A member of the student organization FACE AIDS tapes condoms to a piece of paper covering the pot-tery
display in the John Wesley Powell rotunda. The redecorating was a part of A Day With(out) Art, which
promotes HIV/AIDS awareness through concealing art pieces.
Harriett Fuller Rust house: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Near-campus robbery
has potential for good
Sophomores Jillyn Cross, Samantha Ford, Annie Sheley and Katie Witzel set up their suite’s Christmas decorations the
first week of November. “We’re only sophomores, so this is the first time we’ve decked out our suite,” Ford said. “We
hope to continue the tradition!” The Harriet Fuller Rust House residents set up a Christmas tree (left), hung stockings
(below) and plan to have a gift exchange and viewing of “Elf ” before Winter Break.
REGGIE TAOLE ZHU/THE ARGUS
On the evening of Monday,
Nov. 30, The Ames Library under-went
a change in decorations, but
it wasn’t acquiring garland or
Christmas lights. Instead, students
were covering up the John Wesley
Powell pottery exhibit with large
sheets of black paper, and the
Minor Myers jr. statue outside of
the library was covered with a
garbage bag. Taped over the paper
and garbage bag were sheets of
paper with HIV/AIDS statistics
and information.
The Illinois Wesleyan student
organization behind the job was
FACE AIDS, which was partici-pating
in a nationwide exhibit
called A Day With(out) Art
(DWA). “We want students to be
more educated about ways to pre-vent
spread of the virus, but we
also hope to create a dialogue
about HIV in hopes of ending stig-ma
and discrimination against
those living with HIV,” said FACE
AIDS founder, sophomore
Michael Henry. “We hope that
these conversations will lead to a
reduction of stigma and discrimi-nation.”
A Day With(out) Art, which
falls on Dec. 1—World AIDS
FACE AIDS group commemorates
World AIDS Day, takes away art
Juniors Kristen Evensen and
Carolyn Leonard were sitting in
Evensen’s car, parked on the cor-ner
of Fell and Graham Streets, at
8 p.m. on Nov. 30 when they heard
knocking on the car’s window.
Standing on the passenger side of
the car was a young black male
wearing dark pants, a dark gray
hooded sweatshirt and a light gray
stocking cap, holding a gun.
“I don’t actually remember how
I felt,” Evensen said. “It was a
state of shock—like it wasn’t reg-istering,
kind of like it was going
in slow motion.”
The shock continued as the
individual demanded their belong-ings.
Leonard surrendered her
purse and Evensen her wallet. “I
just remember saying, ‘Don’t
shoot, don’t shoot,’” Evensen
said.
After telling Leonard to step
out of the car and asking for her
cell phone, which she did not sur-render,
the man told the girls to
drive away. Evensen drove about
one block before calling the
Bloomington Police Department.
After speaking with them, the stu-dents
called Campus Security.
Now, four days later, Evensen
says she is “still in shock, but it’s
more of a resolved shock.
Sometimes I don’t believe that it
really happened, and then other
times I realize that it happened,
and I’m going to grow because of
this. It makes me want to keep
moving ahead and make changes
on campus, dealing with security
and such, because this is too
important to just let go.”
Evensen and Leonard plan to
use their experience to make posi-tive
changes on campus, in the
community and in the lives of oth-ers.
“I want people to be reminded
that life is bigger than academia,”
Leonard said, “and while that’s
not an excuse to blow it off, the
mindset that often surrounds finals
of finding your identity in your
grades is so off base. Although it
seems like a terrible situation on
the outside, if people take any-thing
away from this, I hope that
they see how faithful the unfailing
Lord is for His children.
“I’ve already seen God work so
much good through this, especial-ly
with the support of all of the
people on campus, not only for
Kristen and I, but for each other—
offering to go out of their way to
make sure people get home safe-ly.”
Before the incident, Evensen, a
theatre major, said she always felt
NICOLE TRAVIS
NEWS EDITOR
NICOLE TRAVIS
NEWS EDITOR
SEE ROBBERY, P. 4 SEE FACE AIDS, P. 4
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SAMANTHA FORD

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FEATURES, P. 6 OP/ED, P. 8 SPORTS, P. 12
The Argus comments
on security and
communication on campus
Learn how to manage
final exam stress
“New Moon” movie
review
IWU women’s
basketball team
undefeated
NEWS, P. 3
Volume 116 | Issue 11
December 4, 2009
A member of the student organization FACE AIDS tapes condoms to a piece of paper covering the pot-tery
display in the John Wesley Powell rotunda. The redecorating was a part of A Day With(out) Art, which
promotes HIV/AIDS awareness through concealing art pieces.
Harriett Fuller Rust house: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Near-campus robbery
has potential for good
Sophomores Jillyn Cross, Samantha Ford, Annie Sheley and Katie Witzel set up their suite’s Christmas decorations the
first week of November. “We’re only sophomores, so this is the first time we’ve decked out our suite,” Ford said. “We
hope to continue the tradition!” The Harriet Fuller Rust House residents set up a Christmas tree (left), hung stockings
(below) and plan to have a gift exchange and viewing of “Elf ” before Winter Break.
REGGIE TAOLE ZHU/THE ARGUS
On the evening of Monday,
Nov. 30, The Ames Library under-went
a change in decorations, but
it wasn’t acquiring garland or
Christmas lights. Instead, students
were covering up the John Wesley
Powell pottery exhibit with large
sheets of black paper, and the
Minor Myers jr. statue outside of
the library was covered with a
garbage bag. Taped over the paper
and garbage bag were sheets of
paper with HIV/AIDS statistics
and information.
The Illinois Wesleyan student
organization behind the job was
FACE AIDS, which was partici-pating
in a nationwide exhibit
called A Day With(out) Art
(DWA). “We want students to be
more educated about ways to pre-vent
spread of the virus, but we
also hope to create a dialogue
about HIV in hopes of ending stig-ma
and discrimination against
those living with HIV,” said FACE
AIDS founder, sophomore
Michael Henry. “We hope that
these conversations will lead to a
reduction of stigma and discrimi-nation.”
A Day With(out) Art, which
falls on Dec. 1—World AIDS
FACE AIDS group commemorates
World AIDS Day, takes away art
Juniors Kristen Evensen and
Carolyn Leonard were sitting in
Evensen’s car, parked on the cor-ner
of Fell and Graham Streets, at
8 p.m. on Nov. 30 when they heard
knocking on the car’s window.
Standing on the passenger side of
the car was a young black male
wearing dark pants, a dark gray
hooded sweatshirt and a light gray
stocking cap, holding a gun.
“I don’t actually remember how
I felt,” Evensen said. “It was a
state of shock—like it wasn’t reg-istering,
kind of like it was going
in slow motion.”
The shock continued as the
individual demanded their belong-ings.
Leonard surrendered her
purse and Evensen her wallet. “I
just remember saying, ‘Don’t
shoot, don’t shoot,’” Evensen
said.
After telling Leonard to step
out of the car and asking for her
cell phone, which she did not sur-render,
the man told the girls to
drive away. Evensen drove about
one block before calling the
Bloomington Police Department.
After speaking with them, the stu-dents
called Campus Security.
Now, four days later, Evensen
says she is “still in shock, but it’s
more of a resolved shock.
Sometimes I don’t believe that it
really happened, and then other
times I realize that it happened,
and I’m going to grow because of
this. It makes me want to keep
moving ahead and make changes
on campus, dealing with security
and such, because this is too
important to just let go.”
Evensen and Leonard plan to
use their experience to make posi-tive
changes on campus, in the
community and in the lives of oth-ers.
“I want people to be reminded
that life is bigger than academia,”
Leonard said, “and while that’s
not an excuse to blow it off, the
mindset that often surrounds finals
of finding your identity in your
grades is so off base. Although it
seems like a terrible situation on
the outside, if people take any-thing
away from this, I hope that
they see how faithful the unfailing
Lord is for His children.
“I’ve already seen God work so
much good through this, especial-ly
with the support of all of the
people on campus, not only for
Kristen and I, but for each other—
offering to go out of their way to
make sure people get home safe-ly.”
Before the incident, Evensen, a
theatre major, said she always felt
NICOLE TRAVIS
NEWS EDITOR
NICOLE TRAVIS
NEWS EDITOR
SEE ROBBERY, P. 4 SEE FACE AIDS, P. 4
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SAMANTHA FORD